Monday, August 27, 2007

Issue #2 SYNOPSIS

After a hard-fought battle against the giant darkness monster, during which the three previously defeated assailants were resurrected and somehow possessed by the dark that fueled the main adversary, the characters learned that the man who had called Maritano out of the darkness was the source of the monster's power - against his will. Dr. Sebastian Markus (as he was called) explained that as an altered empath and mundane psychologist, he and his benefactor Lyons (who the characters held captive) had begun to assemble those affected by the alteration, as they had noticed a trend that led to madness in those who gained powers. While Markus' intentions were apparently altruistic, Lyons had begun developing powers and devices with more insidious motives. Eventually, Dr. Markus was held captive and forced to assume the powers of a ward he had been trying to help.

The mansion, now empty, included a laboratory where characters submitted their blood for analysis (all except Jackson's character, whose sheet I apparently don't have, and whose name I will add later, who had a small problem giving blood, and had to provide a skin sample). While they waited for the results, the characters were set to review the files on the wards now missing from Dr. Markus' estate.

Dr. Markus asks for the characters' collective help to find the other missing altered wards.

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